A celadon, copper-red and underglaze blue carved beaker vase, Qing dynasty, Kangxi mark and of the period (1662-1722).
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The lower register carved with a pavilion nestled amidst pale celadon rocks and pine trees with copper-red trunks on the shores of a lake or river, with mountains in the distance, the rounded mid-section decorated with two chilong separated by sprigs of lingzhi fungus, underglaze blue six character Kangxi mark on the base. Height 25 cm. Height with metal mount 46 cm.
Neck shortened, hole for cord.
Provenance
Property of a private Swedish collector and member of the Oriental Ceramics Society.
Exhibitions
A similar example in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, see Credit Line: Bequest of Mary Clark Thompson, 1923. Object Number: 24.80.165.
Compare with a vase of this type sold at Christies, lot 439, 29 March 2006, Live auction 1639. Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art.
There are also two vases of this type but with slightly different motif in the Collection Grandidier, Paris. G 1322 and G 4318.
Literature
S. Valenstein, A Handbook of Chinese Ceramics, New York, 1989 rev. ed., p. 223, pl. 215. The vase at the Metropolitan Museum is depicted here.